Thanks Moby :up: You going to be around for a game later today?

Wake up Chris..its 7:30 pm HST..LOL..must be 7:30 am Germany get the coffee On:rock:

Hey Moby will be ready to play in about 45 mins have got to drop my car off for a service. Are you going to still be sround then? If not hopefully we can meet up latter tonight.:up:

Use PM or MSN Messenger... :rock:

Sorry for taking up your space finnbat:D

My attempts at being artistic, hope you like :) :

I based my sig on this one:

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1...061636erl5.jpg

Merchant sunk somewhere off the eastern coast of England:
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/7...062010egy2.jpg

Destroyer in sight:
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/3...062026ezw3.jpg

Just a nice sunrise:
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/280...061224ezt3.jpg

U-47 spotted by an American Avenger torpedo bomber:
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/2...061226elp8.jpg

Very VERY nice work there! I especially love the last one, how the h*ll did you manage that EXCELLENT old-picture effect?:o

FXN...they are absolutely wonderful. Can I use them for personal purpose ?

Fxn:up: :up: :up:
B_u_TEE_FULL

Sure I don't mind :cool:
Glad you like them.

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/7248/aaaen0.jpg

Are a convoy and a nice one.


http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/9247/aaaana7.jpg

Time to move in.

FXN, I don't want to seem demanding or unkind, but could you please reveal the secret behind how you managed that "old-photo" effect on your last image?

It is absolutely stunning work!

Keep it up!

I'll second that:rock: :rock:

Please Tell:cool:

@ FXN: Kudos Kudos Kudos!!!! probably the best shots sofar from SHIII; (that i have seen, though.) :up:

Tell and then we'll all make Danlisa make us sigs in the same fasion! :yep:

Just kiding Danslisa, your work is great!

I had a go at recreating the effect in Fxn's masterpiece, don't think I got that close. Hard to do. Well done:up: Please tell all, it :rock:
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3...deffortmo8.jpg

To be honest, it's all about experimentation. I'm no Photoshop buff, I just added a few filters here and there, see what worked, tweaked the brightness/contrast and voila!

Here's a rough explanation of what I did:

• First of all, Image > Adjustments > Desaturate;

• Increased the brightness/contrast;

• Added gaussian blur;

• Duplicated the layer, added grain (vertical) - you need to experiment with the grain and see what works best;

• Set the layer to overlay and merged with bottom layer - again, try different blending modes before merging;

• Created a new transparent layer;

• Rendered clouds, followed by difference clouds;

• Set the transparency of the layer to +-50%, merged with bottom layer;

• Created new layer, Filter > Render > Fibres. Experiment with Variance and Strength;

• Set the blending mode to Soft Light, transparency of layer +- 50%, merged with bottom layer;

• You can add some Film Grain if you want to;

• Add some spots, black or white to the image with the brush for the final touch (grunge brushes works the best, you'll have to google for them though);

The result:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/923...613egj8.th.jpg

Not nearly as good as yours, but here's my try:

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/1...7814jqlqe0.jpg

Thanks for the instructions!:rock::rock::rock: